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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-6A32B9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy buckle: oval frame with deep (3mm) sheet outside edge with pin notch and a separate bar set in holes in the offset ends of the sides; short wire pin (too short to rest in the notch); rectangular sheet plate folded widthways with pin slot and frame recesses, single rivet-hole with copper alloy rivet and containing remains of the cloth strap. Frame, length 14mm, width 14mm. Plate, length 18mm, width 11mm. Combined length 27.5mm. Post-Roman buckle frames with separate bars are not common, see other Norfolk examples (NMS-C2C281 and NMS-2CDDD6), and a large flimsy example from a mid 14th-century context in York (Ottaway and Rogers 2002, 2893-4, fig. 1469 no. 14099). Probably 14th or 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.5 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th November 2014 - Monday 19th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60314
Other reference: NMD012015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Textile
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fincham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6905
Four figure Latitude: 52.61647192
Four figure longitude: 0.49487574
1:25K map: TF6905
1:10K map: TF60NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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